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Jul 27, 2020 ,  2:03PM Flood situation remains grim in Assam and Bihar; NDRF and SDRF carrying out relief and rescue operations PTI In Bihar, flood fury continues in eleven districts. Breaching of embankments in East Champaran and Darbhanga has further aggravated the situation. Fresh areas of East Champaran have been engulfed following breach of Gandak embankment near Lahladpur in Tetaria block in the district. The swirling water from Kamla Balan has inundated scores of new villages in Kewati block of Darbhanga after breaching of Dumri - Guthli embankment in the block. Vehicular traffic on Darbhanga - Jainagar  and Darbhanga - Samastipur roads has been halted as the roads are covered with heavy sheets of water. Rail traffic on Darbhang -Samastipur and Muzaffarpur - Narkatiaganj  rail section of East Central Railway remained suspended on the fourth day consecutive today due to overtopping of rail tracks at several places.Met department predicts heavy rainfa...

Jul 27, 2020 ,  2:00PM First five Rafale fighter Jets take off from France; to reach India on Wednesday Tweeted by @AIR The first batch of five Rafale jets flew out of France today and will arrive in India on Wednesday, when the fighter jets will officially be inducted and join the 17 squadron of Indian Air Force in Haryana's Ambala. There will be a brief stopover in UAE and the five supersonic jets will be refuelled mid air too. The fighter jets, built by French aviation firm Dassault, took off from the Merignac air base in southern France's Bordeaux today. Delivery of ten Rafale aircrafts have been completed on schedule. Five rafales will stay back in France for a training mission. First Rafale fighter jet was handed over to India in October 2019. The first batch of five aircraft will be the first tranche of the 36 planes bought by India from France in a 59 thousand -crore rupees  inter-governmental deal in 2016. Twelve IAF pilots and engineering crew member...

Jul 27, 2020 ,  1:58PM 47 Chinese clone Apps banned in the country REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE Government has banned 47 more Chinese apps. Earlier, it had  banned 59 China-based apps on the grounds of national security and data privacy. Official sources said these 47 apps are clones of the previously banned Chinese apps. Last month, the government had banned Chinese apps including TikTok Lite and Helo Lite.

Jul 27, 2020 ,  8:23AM Sikkim extends statewide lockdown till 1st August in view of increasing Corona cases FILE PIC Sikkim has extended the statewide lockdown till 6 am of 1st August in view of increasing COVID19 cases. The state was already under lockdown from 21st July till today morning, which has now been extended. The Sikkim government extended the lockdown following a rapid surge in COVID19 cases and designation of several containment zones across the state, especially in East and South Sikkim districts. The state also reported its first COVID19 death on Sunday. As per the latest health bulletin, 45 new cases took Sikkim’s active COVID19 cases to 397 and total cases to 545, while 148 people have been discharged after recovery. 31 of the new cases are from South Sikkim district while 14 are from East Sikkim. All existing lockdown guidelines would be effective during the extended period till 1st August. All educational institutions in the state will remain clo...

Jul 27, 2020 ,  8:08AM More than 8 lakh stranded Indias stranded abroad returned home under Vande Bharat Mission; Fifth phase to begin from 1st of August @HardeepSPuri Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said that more than 8 lakh 14 thousand Indians stranded abroad have returned to the country through various means under Vande Bharat Mission since May 6, 2020. He said, Out of these, at least 2 lakh 70 thousand people returned on flights from 53 countries. In a series of tweets, Mr Puri said the fifth Phase of Vande Bharat Mission will begin from August 1 to bring back more stranded Indians. Under the fifth phase, Air India will connect Indian cities with US, Canada, Qatar, Oman, UAE, Singapore, UK, Frankfurt, Paris, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, New Zealand and Philippines among others. Mr Puri said details about ticket bookings will be announced by Air India shortly. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said during the fourth phase of Vand...

Jul 27, 2020 ,  7:57AM Record number of over 36 thousand patients recovered from Corona virus in a single day; Eight lakh 85 thousand 576 people cured so far @MoHFW_INDIA Government has said that the highest ever recoveries of COVID -19 was registered in a single day and more than 36 thousand patients were discharged in the last 24 hours. This has taken the total number of recovered cases to eight lakh 85 thousand 576. The Union Health Ministry said the recovery rate has reached 63.92 per cent. The gap between recovered patients and active COVID-19 cases has further increased to over four lakh 17 thousand. The recovered cases are 1.89 times the active cases. The Ministry has advised all State and Union Territories governments to keep up with and effectively implement the strategy of Test, Track and Treat. For the first time a record number of more than four lakh 40 thousand tests have been conducted in a single day. With this, the number of tests per million has fu...

Jul 27, 2020 ,  7:54AM Mann Ki Baat: Prime Minister cautions people not to lower guard against pandemic AIR PICS Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cautioned people not to lower guard against Covid 19. In his 'Mann Ki Baat' programme, he emphasises the importance of remaining extra vigilant as the Corona crisis is far from over. Mr Modi said, India has fought against the pandemic unitedly and the recovery rate is better as compared to other countries. He said, the mortality rate is much less as well compared to most countries. The Prime Minister said the loss of even one life is saddening, but India has succeeded in saving the lives of millions of people. Mr Modi advised everyone to wear face masks whenever they are out in public in order to protect themselves and others from the disease.